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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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